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Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo • 1966 • Algeria, Italy. Starring Brahim Haggiag, Jean Martin, Saadi Yacef. One of the most influential political films in history, THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS, by Gillo Pontecorvo, vividly re-creates a key year in the tumultuous Algerian struggle for independence from the occupying French in the 1950s.
One of the most influential political films in history, The Battle of Algiers, by Gillo Pontecorvo, vividly re-creates a key year in the tumultuous Algerian struggle for independence from the occupying French in the 1950s. As violence escalates on both sides, children shoot soldiers at point-blank range, women plant bombs in cafés, and French ...
Dec 18, 2012 · The ‘Battle of Algiers’ was a pivotal event in the Algerian War of Independence. Taking place in the tiny backstreets and alleys of the Algiers Casbah from the summer of 1956 through to ...
Aug 28, 2022 · This is a heavily-edited version of the classic 1966 film on the Algerian war of decolonization against France. It has been edited for time and content, to e...
Oct 10, 2004 · "The Battle of Algiers" is "a training film for urban guerrillas," Jimmy Breslin declared on TV in 1968. Certainly it was shown by the Black Panthers and the IRA to their members, and in September 2003 the New York Times reported that the movie was being shown in the Pentagon to military and civilian experts.
ALGIERS, BATTLE OF (1956 – 1957) Events generally dated from September 1956 to May 1957 that marked an important turn in the 1954–1962 Algerian war for independence from France. In Algeria, key developments led to the decision by the nationalist leadership of the Front de Lib é ration National (FLN; National Liberation Front), which had ...
Paratrooper commander Colonel Mathieu (Jean Martin), a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is sent to 1950s Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings of the Algerian War.
